Six Oxford lectures bring the new science of anthropology to bear on classical studies. Arthur Evans traces the spread of pictographic writing, Andrew Lang and Gilbert Murray examine Homer and the epic tradition, F. B. Jevons explores Graeco-Italian magic, J. L. Myres reads Herodotus, and Warde Fowler discusses Roman lustration.
A key moment in the meeting of classics and anthropology, by leading Edwardian scholars. Download the free EPUB.